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OH-Sen: Frank LaRose (R) Throws Abortion Opponents Under The Bus For Issue 1's EPIC FAIL! [1]

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Date: 2023-11-30  

What a fucking loser:

x .@FrankLaRose is finally admitting he isn’t the “impartial” or “nonpartisan” SOS he claims to be and that he used his power to try and tilt the scales in his direction on Ohio’s abortion referendum. #OHSen. Read more here: https://t.co/BkpuKNdNpi pic.twitter.com/VCymBZeOFo — American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) November 29, 2023 Secretary of State Frank LaRose offered an unusually blunt assessment while defending the ballot language he helped write for state Issue 1, the abortion-rights ballot measure that voters approved earlier this month, to a conservative critic at a local Republican Party event. In doing so, LaRose confirmed something that abortion-rights supporters have suspected all along: Abortion opponents helped him craft the ballot language in a way meant to benefit their campaign to defeat the measure. LaRose was asked about the ballot language on Nov. 17 at a U.S. Senate candidate forum hosted by the Strongsville GOP, a local Republican club. He appeared there because he’s one of three Republicans, all of whom opposed Issue 1, vying in the March primary election for the chance to face Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in November 2024. LaRose also chairs the Ohio Ballot Board, a state panel tasked with writing the language voters see on their ballots when they decide whether to support or oppose a ballot measure. In response to a question about specifics in the amendment language, LaRose said his office consulted with three prominent anti-abortion groups that led the anti-Issue 1 campaign – Susan B. Anthony Pro Life America, the Center for Christian Virtue and Ohio Right to Life – as it crafted the ballot language. All three groups played central roles in leading and funding Protect Women Ohio, the main anti-Issue 1 campaign group.

Here’s some more info:

LaRose said the anti-abortion groups pushed for changing “pregnant person” to “woman” as a way of benefiting their campaign while remaining accurate enough to withstand a court challenge. He said they liked it because their campaign was named Protect Women Ohio and their yard signs said “Protect Women.” “So they wanted that," the news organization reported LaRose saying. "They thought that was reasonable and would be helpful to them. And they thought it would be honest.” When asked about the language previously, LaRose described his role as writing truthful and unbiased language. Gabriel Mann, a spokesperson for Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights, said it was always clear that LaRose's chosen language was intended to benefit the amendment's opponents. "LaRose never cared about American democracy or Ohio values, which makes him wholly unfit for any public office,” Mann told cleveland.com.

LaRose has certainly made abortion a key issue now in next year’s election:

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